A visit from the past

Assumed destroyed in the battle, the Stargazer was found adrift in space by the Ferengi and was eventually salvaged in 2364 by the USS Enterprise-D, Picard's subsequent command. The Ferengi DaiMonBok, who had lost his son at the Battle of Maxia, desired revenge against Picard. Through use of an illegal "thought maker", Bok deceived the captain into reliving his past and had programmed the ship's systems to respond to Picard's commands. The Enterprise was able to lock the Stargazer in a tractor beam, and William T. Riker was able to convince the captain to destroy the thought maker. The Stargazer was then towed to Xendi Starbase 9. (TNG: "The Battle")

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A yellow painted model of the Constellation-class NCC-7100 appeared in Captain Picard's ready room aboard the USS Enterprise-D. This model was often mistakenly assumed to be of Stargazer. As noted in other locations, the model existed before the idea of the Stargazer, and was eventually used to create the filming model.

The Stargazer was intended to be a Template:ShipClass vessel, the same as Captain Kirk's USS Enterprise. This was mentioned in the script by Geordi La Forge. In fact, the yellow NCC-7100 model was replaced with a silver Constitution-class model in Picard's ready room for this episode. When the Stargazer filming model was eventually designed, it was decided that a new model (derisively referred to as the "pie dish") should be used. Since LeVar Burton had already recorded his line, the name of the new ship's class had to be similar to "Constitution" to make it easy to overdub; the production crew settled on "Constellation".

In 1994, Galoob produced a toy model of the Stargazer as part of their Micromachines line. Interestingly enough, the coloring on the model was completely wrong and was actually based on the coloring of the NCC-7100 model seen in Picard's office.

In a Starfleet Technical Database article (Star Trek: The Magazine Volume 1, Issue 2), written by Rick Sternbach, it was stated that after the Stargazer was towed back to Xendi Starbase 9, repaired, and returned to limited active duty for eight years (from 2366 to 2374) and then mothballed as a museum ship at the Copernicus Yard Museum, Luna, alongside the USS Valkyrie (NCC-2590). Kept in a nitrogen-oxygen atmosphere for tours and academic study, she was kept in a semi-operational state to be re-activated for duty when circumstances dictated such an action.

The Stargazer is also included as a playable ship in the video gameStar Trek: Legacy. During the story, it is revealed that the ship's captain, Ruhalter, is killed on the bridge and the ship severely damaged from a shock wave resulting from renegade Vulcan T'Uerell destroying a planet in the Neutral Zone. Picard takes command of the ship and attempts to stop stellar debris from destroying other planets in a Federation system. The player can control the Stargazer with Picard in command during this mission in the game.

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